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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

January 7, 2011

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this red flag warning at Jan 7, 2011, 2:22 PM CST. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 7, 2011, 2:22 PM CST (20:22 UTC)
Expired
Jan 7, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

942 
WWUS84 KMAF 072022
RFWMAF

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
222 PM CST FRI JAN 7 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS MAINLY
BELOW 6000 FEET FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT...20
FOOT WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH...AND HIGH FIRE DANGER...

NMZ114-TXZ258-080000-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FW.W.0002.110107T2022Z-110108T0000Z/
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN NF/LNZ-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-
122 PM MST FRI JAN 7 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* AFFECTED AREA: IN NEW MEXICO...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NP/LINCOLN
  NF/LNZ. IN TEXAS...GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS.

* TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON.

* WIND: WEST NEAR 25 TO 35 MPH.

* HUMIDITY: 10 TO 15 PERCENT.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AVOID THE USE OF OPEN FLAMES OR ANY ACTIVITIES THAT MAY GENERATE
SPARKS. ACCIDENTAL IGNITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GROW
QUICKLY INTO DANGEROUS WIND- DRIVEN WILDFIRES.

&&

$$


FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MAF (ALL LOWER CASE)

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Texas, 2011Red Flag Warnings in New Mexico, 2011Every red flag warning in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.